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Daily Mirror
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Duncan Gorman & Zahna Eklund

Cheeky bloke with hi-vis vest pretends to be traffic warden to skip 3-hour jam

A cheeky bloke has used his initiative to get himself and his friends through a three-hour traffic jam in just 10 minutes - with nothing but a hi-vis vest and some confidence.

Nathan Twamley and his mates initially joined the backlog of cars that had built up after the Dermot Kennedy concert at Malahide Castle in Dublin, Ireland, over the weekend, but after speaking to other drivers who said they'd already been in the gridlocked traffic for hours, he decided to hatch a plan.

The 27-year-old, from Dublin, borrowed a work vest from 26-year-old Sean Rafferty who had one in his boot, and got to work getting the cars in front of them to move out the way.

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